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WE THINK MORE OF CHILDREN, WOMEN AND
MEN THANOF BEEF, PORK AND MUTTON
THE DAY BOOK
500 SO. PEORIA ST
398 TEL. MONROE 353
VOL.2,N0.81 Chicago, Friday Jan. 3, 1913
ONE CENT
MADELEINE ALBERS CALLED IN CASE AGAINST
TUCKHORN MANAGER, BREAKS DOWN
Girl Ruined by Millionaire Jeff Livingston, in Danger
Diphtheria, Sobs as She Begs to be Taken
Home to Father and Baby. -
Madeleine Albers, the beauti
ful young girl who was ruined' by
Jeff Livingston, millionaire bank
er and sportsman of Cincinnati,
is on the verge of a complete phy
sical breakdown.
The girl is the daughter of Dr.
G. H. Albers, a rich and promi
nent physician. She is chief wit
ness against David Wexeler,
former manager of Sim Tuck
horn's dive at 24 Quincy street.
Wexeler, trhough the revela
tions made by Miss Albers, is
charged with pandering. His
case was first set for December
10. At that time it was continued
until today.
When the case was "called in
Judge Scuy's court today, Made
leine Albers was led into the room
by Miss Susan B. Adams, with
whom she has been staying at the
Girls' Home, 2119 Calumet ave
nue. The girl's face was white and
strained looking. Her features
twitched, and it was plain she was
in great distress.
Wexeler, the man whom the
says proposed to her that he be
come her "manager,"' entered the
room.
Miss Albers burst into tears,
and fell half fainting on the court
room table.
"Take me away from here,'
she sobbed. "Please, take me
away. I want to go home. I
want to go back to Cincinnati and
see my baby. I never have seen
him yet, you know. Please, take
me away from here."
Miss Adams threw her arms
around the sobbing girl, and faced
Judge Williams, half defiantly.
"Your honor," she said, "this
girl is ill. She has been threat
ened with nervous prostration for
some time. Her doctor tells me
that she also is in danger of diph
theria. ".The strain of the experiences